Galtung and Ruge

Galtung and Ruge (1981) defined a set of news values to explain how journalists and editors decided that certain stories and photographs were accepted as newsworthy, while others were not. 

How has new and digital media technology changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values?
New and digital media hasn't changed that much  in many ways. Most news companies are just publishing there work on the apps and on their online websites. This makes the audience look at their websites rather than buy an copy of the newspapers. This is happening more often as audiences would rather get an online copy than go to the shop and get a print copy of a magazine. It depends also on what newspaper type it is, for example if its tabloid or broadsheet. Broadsheets tend to be more focused on formal stories whereas tabloids focus on soft news like celebs, gossip etc.
How would you update them for 2015?

They would be updated by the way its presented. Most stories need to be shown in different ways so that the audience can understand the different parts.

In a blog post, write how EACH news value has been affected by the growth of new and digital technology.

Immediacy: has it happened recently?

New and digital media hasn't just been happening recently, it has been happening more over the last couple of years. We have had internet for a long time and we can now use it more and quickly in past 5 years as many new technologies are coming out every year or monthly. The technology is changing rapidly.

Familiarity: is it culturally close to us in Britain? 

The internet isn't just exposed in Britain. There are many stories and many ways to access it around the world. As the internet is accessed anywhere we can get stories from around the world, we can see and hear the stories and the people around the world can read the stories from Britain.

Amplitude: is it a big event or one which involves large numbers of people?

It depends on what the situation is and what story it is. This means that when the story line is big it will mainly go world wide and be important to everyone and include alot of people or affect them. 

Frequency: does the event happen fairly regularly?
This also depends on the story. Technology is growing a lot more and you can access it whenever you want and however you want. This is suppose to make it easier for the customers/audience to do. This means that when they see articles or watch news they will get the information they want. 

Unambiguity: is it clear and definite?

The way that technology works its descriptive and shows more than one thing. If you are searching one story alot of different ones or ones that relate to it show too.

Predictability: did we expect it to happen?

 We expected technology to further but we didn't expect it to happen this quickly. This means that we didn't expect technology to change that much within a couple of years or months. This makes everyone want to keep up with the latest technology.Having this makes everyone shocked as they need to make sure that the way that they use this technology works in good ways and helps us. We can download news apps and youtube to watch news on.

Surprise: is it a rare or unexpected event?

Most of the information that we get can be a surprise but if we already know about it or heard about it then it wouldn't be. Sometimes news stories continue so that they make a story.

Continuity: has this story already been defined as news?

Most stories do carry on as they need to make sure that the story gets heard. They would normally have stories that are matching with it and connect with it, so that it builds up.Most  stories would be shown on TV, websites, youtube etc so that people can access it everywhere.

Elite nations and people: which country has the event happened in? Does the story concern well-known people?

Having this lets everyone access any story they want to. In the UK we get stories about america, Europe etc. We get informed of the stories that happen in other parts of the country that let us know what's happening. Having this is good as we get know what happening and how it could effect us if it does.

Negativity: is it bad news?

Most stories show bad news and you get to hear about it. Most stories than show different versions of it and you get to know it.

Balance: the story may be selected to balance other news, such as a human survival story to balance a number of stories concerning death.

There will always be a balance of the stories as they show the most bad ones first then mainly dies it down and show the good ones last. This is to give a balance of the different stories as not all stories can be depressing and sad, they have to have something that changes the topic completely.